Manggar


Manggar is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia which is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.

History

In the 1860s, Dutch prospectors of the Billiton Maatschappij explored the area and established the mining district of Burung Mandi Lenggang. In 1863, a tin mine was established on the right banks of the Manggar River, and the district was renamed to Manggar district in 1866. Manggar was opened to immigration of foreign orientals on 8 October 1871, which is selected as the establishment date for the district.
In late 1945, during the early stages of the Indonesian National Revolution, Dutch authorities reoccupied the town although they encountered some resistance from the newly formed Indonesian Armed Forces. After Indonesian independence, the Manggar subdistrict was one of the four subdistricts comprising the island of Belitung by the 1980s. Manggar became the seat of the East Belitung Regency after its formation in 2003.

Demographics

37,700 people live in Manggar across 12,470 households - making it the most populous subdistrict in East Belitung and the second most populated in the island behind Tanjung Pandan. The sex ratio is 104.5 males to 100 females.

Administration

The subdistrict of Manggar is further subdivided into nine villages. Out of these, three - Kelubi, Buku Limau and Bentaian Jaya - are classified by Statistics Indonesia as "rural", while the rest are "urban".
VillagePopulationArea
Kelubi2,55485.91
Padang6,94996.00
Lalang4,4843.25
Lalang Jaya3,5761.38
Kurnia Jaya5,5392.40
Baru9,4282.70
Bentaian Jaya1,44632.09
Mekar Jaya2,9081.37
Buku Limau8163.90

For elections of East Belitung's municipal council, Manggar shares an electoral district with the neighboring subdistrict of.

Notable people